Double bagel at Madrid Open! Gauff moves into third round, 6-0, 6-0 v Rus
Coco Gauff won against Arantxa Rus 6-0, 6-0 on Thursday afternoon and will play Ukrainian Dayana Yastremska, the No 31 seed, in the next round
It was a spectacular display from American Coco Gauff, the No 3 seed, who advanced to the third round of the Madrid Open by winning against Dutchwoman Arantxa Rus 6-0, 6-0 at the Caja Magica on Thursday.
Gauff, ranked No 3, will face Ukrainian Dayana Yastremska, the No 31 seed, next.
Gauff currently has one clay court title over the course of her career, which she won in Parma in 2021. However, she did reach the doubles final in Madrid last year along with Jessica Pegula.
In the previous round of the Madrid tournament, Rus, ranked No 47, defeated wildcard Brenda Fruhvirtova (7-5, 6-3).
Madrid WTA 1000, other second-round results (Caja Magica, clay, USD 8.770.480, most recent results first):
- Danielle Collins vs. Olga Danilovic
- Marketa Vondrousova vs. Shelby Rogers
- Katie Boulter vs. Robin Montgomery
- Qinwen Zheng vs. Yulia Putintseva
- Jaqueline Cristian vs. Barbora Krejcikova
- Marta Kostyuk vs. Mayar Sherif
- Sara Bejlek vs. Anna Kalinskaya
- Magda Linette vs. Aryna Sabalenka
- Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva vs. Jasmine Paolini
- Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Ashlyn Krueger
- Cristina Bucsa vs. Daria Kasatkina
- Caroline Dolehide vs. Anhelina Kalinina
- Caroline Garcia vs. Xinyu Wang
- Mirra Andreeva vs. Linda Noskova
- Lucia Bronzetti vs. Elena Rybakina
- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Daria Saville
- Iga Swiatek vs. Xiyu Wang
- Leylah Fernandez vs. Anastasia Potapova
- Anna Karolina Schmiedlova vs. Ons Jabeur
- Elise Mertens vs. Sloane Stephens
- Maria Lourdes Carle vs. Veronika Kudermetova: thursday
- Alexandra Eala vs. Sorana Cirstea: thursday
- Beatriz Haddad Maia (11) beat Sara Errani (Q): 6-3, 6-2
- Liudmila Samsonova (15) beat Naomi Osaka: 6-2, 4-6, 7-5
- Jelena Ostapenko (9) beat Jessica Bouzas Maneiro (Q): 6-3, 6-1
- Emma Navarro (19) beat Nadia Podoroska: 6-2, 6-1
- Dayana Yastremska beat Emiliana Arango (Q): 0-6, 7-5, 6-4
- Maria Sakkari (5) beat Donna Vekic: 6-3, 6-2
- Victoria Azarenka (23) beat Tatjana Maria: 6-3, 6-1
- Madison Keys (18) beat Irina-Camelia Begu: 7-6 (3), 7-6 (6)
- Sara Sorribes Tormo beat Elina Svitolina (16): 6-3, 7-5